Well it looks like the proposed Barton/Ferguson retail has been cut up and made smaller. The plan is to include a massive 640 parking space lot for the General Hospital. The parking lot would face Barton. The rest of the land will be on "hold".
http://hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/81FC9504-4DE3-4346-BC98-355EF629AA42/0/Dec01PED09325.pdf